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  The Last Whale

  

  By Sarcopterygian, Gilford, NH

  The Architeuthis had managed to grow into a true monster. It hovered in twilight, seeing through the gloom of the unfathomable sea as though it were midday. Bulging eyes hunted for anything it could snatch. In the past, crabs and deep-water fish were enough to sustain it, but now it had grown so lar...
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  The Dolphins' Song

  

  By Sarcopterygian, Gilford, NH

  The Dolphins’ Song The sea, the sea, the sea! Only out here are we free. With a flip of our tails We dive among whales! Forever so happy are we! The sea, the sea, the sea! Far from the land we did flee. For once we were men, But never again A life on the shore shall we see! The se...
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  Falling in Love in One's Preteen Years

  

  By Sarcopterygian, Gilford, NH

  You wake up, and you’re filled with a fresh new feeling, One that has no words to explain, No description to its name, Just being. You know it, the moment you’re conscious, A fact, unquestionable. The sky is blue And you’re in love. It’s not a thing you can define, Young as you ar...
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  The Ammonite

  

  By Sarcopterygian, Gilford, NH

  Such wonderful creatures The past divulges. What secret do you hold, Tiny whorl of shell? How did you live In those antediluvian seas? What beasts you faced, What storms you braved! They come to my beach, Top hats and coattails, And look over the rocks at me In my plain dress. They s...
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  The Girl Who Cried Diamonds

  

  By Sarcopterygian, Gilford, NH

  There was a girl with beauty fair, But all ignored her hands and hair And watched her shining tear-filled eyes, Where diamonds oft would crystallize. Their quality was superbly fine, Greater than from any mine, And so the men did break her heart And her family tore itself apart All for the p...
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  Celestial Gaze

  

  By Sarcopterygian, Gilford, NH

  A pair of bright galaxies glow, Fringed by white superheated gases, With radiant stars within—blue, yellow, green—enclosing Vast black holes in the centers. I drift in between, Lost, No air to breathe In the void, Where rapid-spinning pulsars And lonely asteroids are the only company. ...
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  The Leviathan

  

  By Sarcopterygian, Gilford, NH

  Lying here upon the beach Just within the ocean's reach Lies the master of the sea, Resting for eternity. This is the snout of beast supreme Which led the way in its regime. Behind it followed massive bulk, A fearsome underwater hulk. Now it lies upon the shore, Lifeless here forevermore....
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  The Stromatolite Empire

  

  By Sarcopterygian, Gilford, NH

  Come is the time of the First Empire, Of blue-green microbe growth and rocky spire. No living thing stirs actively Within the gray and ancient sea. Come is the time of the Sea's Empire, Of exquisite fins and snail-shell spire. With new eyes their world they spy And one by one evolve or di...